1 1/2 c All-purpose flour
1/2 c Enriched Hominy Grits
-OR- Quick Grits
– (Quaker or Aunt Jemima)
4 ts Baking powder
1/4 ts Salt (optional)
1/2 c Margarine or butter
4 oz Monterey jack cheese
– (with jalapeno peppers,
— or without), shredded
1/2 c Dairy sour half and half
-OR- sour cream
1/4 c Milk
Heat oven to 425 F. Lightly grease cookie sheet. Combine dry
ingredients; cut in margarine until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
Stir in cheese. Combine sour half and half and milk; add to dry
ingredients, mixing just until moistened. Shape dough to form a
ball; knead gently on lightly floured surface 10 to 12 times. Roll
dough to 3/4 inch thickness. Cut with floured 2-inch biscuit cutter.
Place 1 inch apart on prepared cookie sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes
or until golden brown.
NUTRITIONAL ANALYSIS per biscuit: * calories 200 * carbohydrates 18 g
* protein 5 g * fat 12 g * calcium 93 mg * sodium 560 mg *
cholesterol 10 mg * dietary fiber 0 g
Yields
12 biscuits